Faridabad Accident: ‘Spun out of control’: Thar falls into 100-feet-deep ravine while performing ‘stunts’ in Faridabad; Class 9 student dies | Faridabad News
FARIDABAD: A 15-year-old boy died while two others sustained severe injuries after a Mahindra Thar fell into a nearly 100-feet-deep ravine in the Aravalli region of Sirohi village on Tuesday afternoon, police said. According to police, the deceased has been identified as Sohan, a Class 9 student and resident of Siwan in Bihar. The two injured are car driver Vikas (20) and Hemant (16), also from Siwan, Bihar, and their condition is said to be critical. The families of the victims live in Balaji Colony in Karnera village in Ballabgarh, according to news agency PTI. Vikas’s family, who lives in the street next to Sohan’s, had purchased the Thar a month ago. On Tuesday afternoon, Vikas took Sohan and Hemant for a drive in the vehicle. They allegedly left the road, drove about a kilometer into the hills on a dirt track, and began performing stunts near an approximately 100-foot-deep ravine, taking photos and videos, police said. Police said during the escapade, Vikas accidentally put the car in reverse gear instead of forward, causing it to spin out of control and fall into the ravine. Passersby saw the car plummet into the gorge and rushed to the spot. After much effort, they pulled all three out of the ravine and rushed them to a hospital, where doctors declared Sohan dead, they added. After receiving information, a police team from Dhauj police station reached the spot and pulled the badly damaged Thar out with a crane. Police have taken Sohan’s body into custody and sent it to the mortuary for post-mortem. “No FIR has been registered yet, and the matter is under investigating,” a senior police officer said.
